Example sentences of "be given [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With such guidelines , the courts could be given their traditional role of investigating the merits of disputes and helping the party who is right … |
| 2 | Held , allowing the appeal , that it was not possible , in construing the expression ‘ any person ’ in section 238 of the Insolvency Act 1986 , to identify any particular limitation which could be said to represent the presumed intention of Parliament in enacting the legislation , and the words had to be given their literal meaning , unrestricted as to persons or territory ; and that the court , therefore , had jurisdiction under section 238 to make an order against a foreigner resident abroad ; that , having regard to the unambiguous terminology of rule 12.12(1) of the Insolvency Rules 1986 , the jurisdiction deriving from it to order service out of the jurisdiction was not to be confined , by analogy , to cases falling within R.S.C. , Ord. 11 , r. 1(1) ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order would be set aside and the registrar 's order restored ( post , pp. 701A–D , 702E–F , 704C–D , G , H , 705B ) . |
| 3 | Thus prima facie the words of exclusion clauses will be given their literal meaning ; the court will strive to give effect to the words used , and , where lists are used , the drafter must bear in mind the rules expressio unius est exclusio alterius and that general words in a list will be interpreted ejusdem generis with the specific words . |
| 4 | They would first have inspected judicial practice to see whether almost all other judges were agreed either that the words of a statute must be given their " literal " meaning , even when that was not what the legislators intended , or the opposite , that the words must not be given their literal meaning in these circumstances . |
| 5 | It was through the control of land use that post-war cities would be given their orderly structure ; major activity zones , such as residential , commercial , industrial and open space , would be sharply separated from each other . |
| 6 | Threatening , abusive or insulting should be given their ordinary meanings . |
| 7 | Distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , should all be given their ordinary meanings . |
| 8 | ‘ use threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour ’ Threatening , abusive or insulting should be given their ordinary meanings . |
| 9 | In Brutus v. Cozens ( H.L. , 1973 ) Lord Reid said that the words must be given their ordinary English meaning . |
| 10 | The words used will be interpreted according to the so-called " golden rule " : they will be given their ordinary grammatical and literal meaning unless that produces absurdity , inconsistency or repugnancy , when the literal meaning can be modified so as to avoid that absurdity , inconsistency or repugnancy . |
| 11 | If technical legal words are used , they will normally be given their technical legal meaning , especially in a standard form document drafted by lawyers . |
| 12 | Certainly , these are important highlights and should be given their proper place and emphasis in the narrative . |
| 13 | 1964 ) he maintained that Barth and Bultmann had come to represent the extremes of objectivism and subjectivism , and offered his own attempt to chart a middle way in which both the given truth of God and the need for it to be apprehended in the personal encounter of faith would be given their proper place . |
| 14 | With a heavy heart , Berry sat in an ante-room watching as a stream of employees were called in to be given their pink dismissal slips . |
| 15 | Clear and plain words will be given their clear meaning . |
| 16 | That being so , there was no reason why the words of section 29(3) should not be given their natural meaning and so read , the power was clearly all-embracing , subject only to the qualification that the Home Secretary could not lawfully require broadcasters to broadcast matter involving them in a breach of their statutory duty . |
| 17 | In every enchaînement each step an/or pose must be given its appropriate value by way of beginning , climax and end so that its place is justified by its importance to the whole sentence . |
| 18 | The majority423 asserted that Article 28 ( a ) as an entirety must be given its ordinary and natural meaning , and the word ‘ elected ’ could not be read in isolation so as automatically to imply a choice . |
| 19 | Reduce its inflated prestige and doubt can be given its rightful place once more . |
| 20 | The tenor of his advice was that every step must be given its full measure of beauty and significance ; he wanted John to guard against falling back on clichés between moments of happy invention . |
| 21 | One can understand why people at risk should wish to have these things , but not why they should expect to be given them free . |
| 22 | Can your audience be given something practical to do ? |
| 23 | Ireland would be given something new to think about . |
| 24 | JONATHAN Bell , former Ireland Schools ' full-back will be given his big break in senior rugby when he lines out for Ballymena against their old Scottish foes Hawick in the Borders . |
| 25 | And this year , to give those finances an extra boost during your first term you 'll be given our special student CASH BONUS . |